| Capture of Aden | |||||||
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| Part of Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts (1538–1559) | |||||||
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Ottoman_fleet_Indian_Ocean_16th_century.jpg) Ottoman fleet in the Indian Ocean in the 16th century. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Fictitious_Ottoman_flag_2.svg){kind=small} Ottoman Empire |
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Flag_of_Portugal_(1521).svg){kind=small} Portuguese Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Piri Reis |
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| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | 3 Portuguese ships burned, 120 Portuguese sailors enslaved ,Âli bin Süleyman el-Tavlakî killed | ||||||
Portuguese battles in the Indian Ocean | |
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The capture of Aden of 1548 was accomplished when Ottomans under Piri Reis managed to take the harbour of Aden in Yemen from the Portuguese on 26 February 1548.[1]
- ^ Ezel Kural Shaw (29 October 1976). History of the Ottoman Empire and modern Turkey. pp. 106–107. ISBN 9780521291637.